Notice Information
Notice Title
Carbon Offsetting 2025 - 27
Notice Description
The NDA Group is committed, through Strategy 5 and the Environmental Policy Statement, to achieving carbon net zero by 2050. This follows established good practice: emissions will be avoided and reduced first, with offsetting used only for residual emissions that cannot be eliminated. For the NDA Group, offsetting is defined strictly as the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, not emissions avoidance. This is essential to ensure credibility, avoid greenwashing, and ensure that offsets can legitimately be counted towards net zero. Nature-based solutions, such as woodland creation and peatland restoration, currently represent the most mature and credible route available to the NDA Group for carbon removal in the UK. Even with ambitious carbon reduction plans, modelling indicates that residual emissions will remain by 2050. Early investment in verified carbon removal is therefore necessary to ensure sufficient capacity is available in future and to spread cost and delivery risk over time. Due to the nature of offsetting via carbon removal the NDA is yet to offset any of its carbon emitted but we are building long-term carbon removal capacity once verified units are converted to carbon credits. The credits purchased through this sole source justification will continue to grow this long-term capacity. Current trajectories predict the NDA Group will require ~ 100,000 units by 2050. Units within this purchase (1,500) and previous purchases will equate to approximately 4500 tco2e captured. This purchase is therefore both necessary for near-term reporting and strategically important in preparing for the long-term delivery of net zero. Forest Carbon was selected through the 2020/21 pilot and remains the only supplier that meets all NDA requirements, for the following reasons: * Forest Carbon exclusively delivers projects verified under the UK Woodland Carbon Code, the recognised quality assurance standard for woodland-based carbon removal in the UK. * Woodland Carbon Code units are independently verified, high-integrity carbon removal credits, which cannot be claimed until carbon has actually been removed from the atmosphere (typically 10+ years), aligning with NDA policy and best practice. * Forest Carbon can provide credits at the scale required by the NDA Group, with projects located close to NDA sites, particularly in Cumbria, delivering additional local environmental and community benefits. * Alternative providers either do not offer verified carbon removal, do not operate under the Woodland Carbon Code, or cannot deliver projects within relevant geographic catchments. This combination of verified carbon removal, UK delivery, local benefit and scale is unique to Forest Carbon and cannot be replicated by other suppliers currently in the market.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-066e85
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025005-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - without competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
-
- CPV Codes
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £96,000 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 19 Mar 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 18 Mar 20262 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 18 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2026 30 days
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CUMBRIA
- Postcode
- CA24 3HU
- Post Town
- Carlisle
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD1 Cumbria
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD13 Cumberland
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Cumberland
- Electoral Ward
- Egremont North and St Bees
- Westminster Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025005-2026
19th March 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
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